Posts Tagged ‘Luther Campbell’

Miami rap legend Uncle Luke continues to bark loudly over his disapproval of Jay-Z and the Super Bowl halftime musical lineup. In his most aggressive stance yet, Uncle Luke, the former 2 Live Crew founder, told TMZ directly in a video interview that Jennifer Lopez, aka J. Lo is not a musical legend and therefore…

Fresh Kid Ice, one of the founding members of the ultra-controversial and pioneering rap group 2 Live Crew, and one of the first internationally-known Asian rappers, has reportedly died in Miami. He was 53 years old. According to the group’s manager, he died at approximately 8 a.m. Thursday in a Miami-area hospital due to an…

Just days after Beyoncé and Jay Z took over a theme park to celebrate Blue Ivy’s second birthday in Miami, the royal couple has been hit with a bomb: a newly unearthed video has captured the music mogul next to an oral sex session with two women. Rediscovered by hip-hop blog Consequence of Sound and subsequently posted in…

Happy birthday, Uncle Luke! This Miami native was one of the original Southern rappers of the 1990s, leading 2 Live Crew towards that rap style after joining the group in its formative days. The hip hop legend and 2 Live Crew were sued for unauthorized use of Roy Orbison’s “Oh, Pretty Woman” for one of their…

Spike Lee has been getting brutalized in the weeks after his comments denouncing Quentin Tarantino epic slave-era film Django Unchained as “disrespectful to my ancestors.” Comedian Donnell Rawlings dismissed Lee as “irrelevant,” and comedian Dick Gregory even called the Do the Right Thing director as a “thug” and a “punk” who makes “thug movies.” Now…

Luther Campbell is in the midst of campaigning for mayor of Miami. If he wins the election, which takes place in May, Campbell will become the first hip-hop artist to become mayor of a major city. Campbell told rolling out magazine why he decided to run for mayor and what he thinks of President Barack…

Luther Campbell could become the first rapper to be elected mayor of a major American city. Days after Miami’s mayor, Carlos Alvarez, was recalled, Campbell invited rolling out magazine to his home in South Florida to discuss why he decided to run for political office. Here are a few of his thoughts from the interview…